Monthly Archives: April 2011

>The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work.

> “Wikipedia: T-Shirt” by Quartermane, Flickr Creative Commons Along with my colleagues Gill Creel and Dominic Saucedo, I teach an online research writing course that focuses on Wikipedia.   The previous link takes you to the course’s blog, which is … Continue reading

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>What does Wikipedia have to do with civic engagement?

> Google images Reagle, Joseph Michael, Jr.  Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia.  Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London:  The MIT Press, 2010.  173 pages text; 244 pages with endnotes, index. Joseph Reagle’s ethnographic study of Wikipedia examines the inner workings … Continue reading

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